Today is Wear Orange Day and this month is National Gun Violence Awareness Month. |
However, the only reason we have these designations is because we keep experiencing gun tragedies. But it doesn’t have to be this way. |
Before my election to Congress, I was often the first person from the White House to speak with a local elected leader after a mass shooting. I have seen communities grieve and helped communities heal. |
The scourge of gun violence across our nation is because there are too many weapons in our communities that don’t belong there. And I’m working to stop gun violence in our country at every turn by supporting an assault weapons ban, requiring a background check for every firearm sale, and prohibiting high-capacity magazines. |
I am also proud to co-lead the Destroy Zombie Guns Act with Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL) to require the total destruction of a gun forfeited to a police department through gun buyback programs. This bill would prevent so-called gun disposal companies from only destroying part of a gun and reselling the remaining components after a gun buyback — which would only lead to that gun reappearing and inflicting harm in our cities and towns. |
I hope you will join me during this Gun Violence Prevention Month to do everything possible to make sure gun violence no longer is the leading cause of death for young people in our country. |
We must do better. We must do more. |
